My step-dad was a crew chief on the C-119 while in the A.F. Reserves. They would fly from Sacramento to Guam almost every year. No cargo,just a giant fuel bladder so they could get to Hawaii then on to Wake Island then Guam. What a neat old plane.
flew standby from Dover afb to Azores and chatereaux in 1964- along with tank cargo... 14 hours freezing in unheated cargo hold- slept on top of tanks to be close to the single steamline running along the top. froze , lost hearing and loved it. great plane...
Funny how you don't appreciate something until it's gone. When l was a kid,back in the late 40s early 50s l lived just a couple of miles from USAF air base Burtonwood here in the UK. We used to stop and watch the big war planes coming and going,but the Boxcars and Packets were so common and frequent that we never even looked up when one flew over. Now they've all gone. Then again,they're an ancient reminder of the past l suppose...as indeed am l.
I thought no turbos had a different exhaust system, like a Skyrider. Someone told me years ago : "If you see 3 plumes of smoke, is the one with the parts recovery turbines "
Scares me more now than it did in April 1958 when i was young. lol A few of us from iceland flew to Newfoundland on a C-118 and then to Goose Bay for Tops In Blue talent show. Flew at 7000 clear weather plane flew ok but the tail-section kept bobbing up and down, thought it was going to break off. A few days later did the same thing back to Newf. I think the flight took about 2 hours or so, and was mostly over snow-covered forests and partially frozen rivers.
What a blast... We used to jump out of those babies in the late 60's while in jump school in Fort Benning in Georgia.... it was so loud that after 15 minute ride, you just wanted to get th hell out of the plane... but I love it.. fond memories. thanks for the clip.. nice & clear picture.. and the sound too!!! Go Airborne !.
Remember seeing one of these in and out of Heathrow, late 50's early 60's. We called it the Jet-Packet, can't remember who operated it now, TWA is a possibility purely from memory.
@leyburnhealeyman TWA operated a C-82 Packet, the aircraft the Flying Boxcar was the developed from. The C-82 is slightly smaller with a different cockpit and front end. There are some pictures of the TWA C-82 on airliners-dot-net.
@colindhowell Thanks for that, checked out the photo, and low and behold, it was taken at Heathrow, gonna see if they have a five engined El Al 707 now, did you know about them? :))
My step-dad was a crew chief on the C-119 while in the A.F. Reserves. They would fly from Sacramento to Guam almost every year. No cargo,just a giant fuel bladder so they could get to Hawaii then on to Wake Island then Guam. What a neat old plane.
nerblebun 1 month ago
Awesome, kinda reminds me of the Caribou.
NinthDensity 2 months ago
flew standby from Dover afb to Azores and chatereaux in 1964- along with tank cargo... 14 hours freezing in unheated cargo hold- slept on top of tanks to be close to the single steamline running along the top. froze , lost hearing and loved it. great plane...
mlbobrow 5 months ago
Funny how you don't appreciate something until it's gone. When l was a kid,back in the late 40s early 50s l lived just a couple of miles from USAF air base Burtonwood here in the UK. We used to stop and watch the big war planes coming and going,but the Boxcars and Packets were so common and frequent that we never even looked up when one flew over. Now they've all gone. Then again,they're an ancient reminder of the past l suppose...as indeed am l.
crankbv1 6 months ago
I thought no turbos had a different exhaust system, like a Skyrider. Someone told me years ago : "If you see 3 plumes of smoke, is the one with the parts recovery turbines "
canals22 6 months ago
I miss seeing all the old prop giants in the air.
megashegem 7 months ago
do they fly her ???any body know
onefugowie 8 months ago
Oops my bad. I meant that we flew from Newf to Goose on the C-119 Boxcar ( old age i guess ) sorry
Chuck88keys 8 months ago
Scares me more now than it did in April 1958 when i was young. lol A few of us from iceland flew to Newfoundland on a C-118 and then to Goose Bay for Tops In Blue talent show. Flew at 7000 clear weather plane flew ok but the tail-section kept bobbing up and down, thought it was going to break off. A few days later did the same thing back to Newf. I think the flight took about 2 hours or so, and was mostly over snow-covered forests and partially frozen rivers.
Chuck88keys 8 months ago
Nooo these are reg 3350,s
not turbo compounds,
kirkconway 1 year ago
What a blast... We used to jump out of those babies in the late 60's while in jump school in Fort Benning in Georgia.... it was so loud that after 15 minute ride, you just wanted to get th hell out of the plane... but I love it.. fond memories. thanks for the clip.. nice & clear picture.. and the sound too!!! Go Airborne !.
pcalxruiz 1 year ago
Remember seeing one of these in and out of Heathrow, late 50's early 60's. We called it the Jet-Packet, can't remember who operated it now, TWA is a possibility purely from memory.
leyburnhealeyman 1 year ago
@leyburnhealeyman TWA operated a C-82 Packet, the aircraft the Flying Boxcar was the developed from. The C-82 is slightly smaller with a different cockpit and front end. There are some pictures of the TWA C-82 on airliners-dot-net.
colindhowell 6 months ago
@colindhowell Thanks for that, checked out the photo, and low and behold, it was taken at Heathrow, gonna see if they have a five engined El Al 707 now, did you know about them? :))
leyburnhealeyman 6 months ago
They are non turbo 3350's, and then later one's had 4360's,
kirkconway 1 year ago
Alaska? saw these up in Fairbanks quite a bit.
HuasoPodrido 1 year ago
Yep...same engines as on the Super Connie....! (loud & smokey)
mprophet100 1 year ago
Turbocompounds... coool...
canals22 1 year ago
Like the little reverse thrust @ the end
MrPlanedrawer 1 year ago
propblably never...its to costly..:-)
mprophet100 2 years ago
When do they start the jet?
TheCannonofMohammed 2 years ago
never seen one of those, cool.
3rdStreetStudio 2 years ago